Director, DevOps & AI Support Leader

Celestica Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Inc. seeks a Director of IT Enterprise Solution Architecture to lead a distributed team of DevOps, AI specialists, and Linux OS engineers across San Jose, Santa Clara, Toronto, and CRT.

You will architect and scale CI/CD pipelines, IaC deployments, and AI governance across cloud and on‑prem environments. The role emphasizes optimizing build and release processes, enforcing data privacy for silicon IP, and partnering with Celestica IT leadership to deliver high‑velocity product

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or R&D Systems Eng.
• Experience scaling large R&D orgs with high-velocity delivery.
• Deep CI/CD expertise (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and containerization.
• Strong Linux desktop experience (Ubuntu, RHEL) for developer environments.
• Hands-on AI tooling and governance with Vertex AI, LLMs, and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Architect, scale, and optimize CI/CD runners, IaC pipelines across cloud/on‑prem.
• Minimize wait times for silicon simulation and firmware toolchains.
• Standardize artifact management, release packaging, and deployment orchestration.
• Oversee AI Control Tower deployments and enterprise Vertex AI environments.
• Lead developer workstation tooling and CI/CD governance across teams.
• Mentor distributed DevOps, AI, Linux, and security leads globally.
• Establish DevEx KPIs: build success, latency, uptime, tool productivity.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Platform engineering

CI/CD orchestration

Linux desktops

AI governance

Executive communication

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

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Date: Oct 26, 2026

Location: San Jose, CA, US

General Overview

• Functional Area: Information Technology (ITM)
• Career Stream: Enterprise Architecture (ARCH)
• Role: Director (DR1)
• Job Title: Director, IT Enterprise Solution Architecture 1
• Job Code: DR1-ITM-ARCS
• Job Level: Level 12
• Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

Architect, scale, and optimize automated CI/CD runners, containerized build environments, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) deployment pipelines across cloud and on-premises systems.

Minimize build, test, and pull-request wait times for silicon simulation, firmware compilation, and software engineering toolchains.

Standardize automated artifact management, release packaging, and deployment orchestration across R&D squads.

2. R&D AI Enablement & Governance

Oversee the deployment and operational governance of the AI Control Tower, enterprise Vertex AI cloud environments, and autonomous AI agents.

Manage IDE code-completion infrastructure (GitHub Copilot, Cursor instances) and LLM toolchain integration across developer workstations.

Enforce strict AI prompt and data privacy boundaries to ensure proprietary silicon IP, firmware binaries, and source code do not leak to external AI models.

3. Developer OS & Workplace Engineering

Direct dedicated Linux desktop engineering and endpoint optimization to deliver high-performance local development environments for product engineers.

Partner with Global IT Operations to integrate required endpoint security controls (e.g., ThreatLocker, container isolation) without creating developer friction or performance degradation.

4. Team Leadership & Strategic Execution

Directly manage and mentor a distributed team of senior DevOps engineers, AI specialists, Linux OS engineers, and cloud-native security leads across Santa Clara, Toronto, and CRT.

Establish Developer Experience (DevEx) KPIs tracking build success rates, pipeline latency, system uptime, and AI tool productivity gains.

Key Qualifications & Experience

Experience: 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or R&D Systems Engineering within high-growth technology, semiconductor, or networking hardware/software companies.

Engineering Scale: Proven track record supporting large-scale R&D organizations (2,000+ hardware and software engineers) operating at high velocity.

Technical Depth: Deep expertise in CI/CD pipeline orchestration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), Kubernetes, containerization, and IaC (Terraform, Ansible).

AI & Automation: Hands-on experience deploying enterprise AI developer tools (Vertex AI, local LLMs, AI coding assistants) and implementing AI governance guardrails.

OS & Endpoint Knowledge: Strong background in Linux desktop distributions (Ubuntu, RHEL) optimized for developer environments.

Leadership & Communication: Outstanding executive presence with the ability to interface directly with HPS product engineering directors, CTO architects, and central Celestica IT leadership.

Physical Demands

Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.

Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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